- Labels allow me to find other people who are similar to me and share similar experiences.
- Labels help me understand my experiences as experiences affected by certain parts of who I am.
- Labels allow me the opportunity to be a part of larger movements that fight for people like me to be treated…
this music video is really Important because:
a. women reclaiming public space/space where harassment occurs
b. reappropriation of physical harassment thru the use of handprint imagery
c. reappropriation of masculine object (baseball bat) for self-defense by women
d. men shown performing physical labor as work/women shown performing physical labor for pleasure
e. deconstruction of ageism thru the inclusion of young & elderly women being complete badasses
f. centering around performance by women of color, which is refreshing when we as a culture just had to deal with the fucking white girl mafia
g. doooooope. beat. not going to pretend i don’t love this song (or rye rye in general)
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[trigger warning: death, dying, abuse]
Sometimes, survivors of abuse, as well as people with depression or PTSD, will spontaneously get an intense feeling of death or dying. It can be a general mood that sits around and stews all…
This goes out to all the cis people who, it’s quite obvious, want to help and befriend trans people, but who keep alienating and angering us instead. I’ve seen the befuddled looks on your faces when this happens, and I thought I’d try to clear a few things up for you. Let’s look…
Dear Straight Men: How to Respond to “Sorry, I’m a Lesbian” (by LightSpeedSound)
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I don’t think the sexuality of the person you’re attracted to makes a difference. I mean gay people aren’t exclusively attracted to other gay people of corresponding gender (straight crushes, sigh).
It’s more a way of identifying that acknowledges that for…
One of my friends was experiencing a particularly harsh break up, not just from one, but two partners. She had to leave the unit that for so long had loved and supported them and were absolutely at a loss. Not just about the breakup, but why they would want to be involved in…
"True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made up of 50% women is perceived as being mostly women. A situation that is perfectly equal between men and women is perceived as being biased in favor of women.
And if you don’t believe me, you’ve never been a married woman who kept her family name. I have had students hold that up as proof of my “sexism.”
My own brother told me that he could never marry a woman who kept her name because “everyone would know who ruled that relationship.” Perfect equality – my husband keeps his name and I keep mine – is held as a statement of superiority on my part."
And if you don’t believe me, you’ve never been a married woman who kept her family name. I have had students hold that up as proof of my “sexism.”
My own brother told me that he could never marry a woman who kept her name because “everyone would know who ruled that relationship.” Perfect equality – my husband keeps his name and I keep mine – is held as a statement of superiority on my part."
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- Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
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Kyriarchy in action.
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Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women spoke around 30% of the time, men perceived them as dominating the discussion. They didn’t consider it “equal” until something like 5-10% of women talking.
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Now apply that to racism! Try and see how people react if a conversation is exactly 50% white people 50% POC. I imagine the reaction will be quite similar
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oh lord i want to see this experiment happen please
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